Website Terms and Conditions

Created: July 18, 2002

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE. Your use of St. Luke's Hospital's ("COMPANY") website (the "Site") is expressly conditioned on your acceptance of the following terms and conditions. By using the Site, you signify your assent to these terms and conditions. If you do not agree with any part of the following terms and conditions, you must not use the Site.

1. OWNERSHIP.
Except for items in the public domain, the information and all other materials comprising the Site (collectively, the "Materials"), are wholly owned by (or licensed to) COMPANY and/or its content providers. The Site contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information. COMPANY owns a copyright in the selection, coordination and arrangement of the Site. Nothing contained on this Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any of the Materials without the written permission of COMPANY or such other party that may own the Materials.

2. USE OF SITE.
Except for your non-commercial personal use, the Site may not, in whole or in part, be sold, reproduced, published or redistributed in any medium, directly or indirectly, for any commercial or non-commercial purpose. Unauthorized use of the Site and/or the Materials may violate applicable intellectual property laws or other laws. You must retain all copyright and trademark notices, including any other proprietary notices, contained in the materials. The use of such materials on any other website or in any environment of networked computers is prohibited. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any material that is unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene or pornographic or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law.

By uploading or otherwise submitting a file or other information ("Contribution") to the Site, you automatically grant or warrant that the copyright owner of the Contribution has expressly granted to COMPANY a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, publicly display, modify, store, create derivative works from and/or distribute the Contribution (in whole or part) and/or to incorporate it in other works in any medium now known or hereafter developed, as if the Contribution were public domain information. You similarly permit any Internet user to download, store, manipulate, view, print and display the Contribution for that user's personal use.

3. AGE AND RESPONSIBILITY.
You represent that you are of sufficient legal age to use the Site and to create binding legal obligations for any liability you may incur as a result of the use of the Site. You understand that you are financially responsible for all uses of the Site by you and those using your login information.

4. PRIVACY.
You have read the COMPANY Privacy Policy, the terms of which are incorporated herein, and agree that the terms of such policy are reasonable. You consent to the use of your personal information by COMPANY and/or its third party providers and distributors in accordance with the terms of and for the purposes set forth in the COMPANY Privacy Policy.

5. NO WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
Your use of the Site is at your sole risk. You assume full responsibility and risk of loss resulting from the downloading and/or use of files or other material (including software) obtained through the Site. Neither COMPANY nor any of its content providers endorse or stand behind the accuracy, truthfulness or reliability of any information provided on or by means of COMPANY.

THE SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", AND NEITHER COMPANY NOR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS, CONTENT PROVIDERS, LICENSORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR THE LIKE MAKE ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES REGARDING THE USABILITY, CONDITION OR OPERATION THEREOF. No oral advice or written information given to you by COMPANY or any of its content providers, agents or the like shall create any warranty. Neither COMPANY nor any of its content providers, agents or the like warrants that access to or use of the Site will be uninterrupted, virus-free or error-free or that the Site (including, without limitation, any content on the Site) will meet any particular criteria of performance or quality. COMPANY, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ALL OF ITS CONTENT PROVIDERS, AGENTS AND THE LIKE, HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND/OR REPRESENTATIONS, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ORAL OR WRITTEN, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, REASONABLE CARE, COMPATIBILITY, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, ACCURACY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE (WHETHER OR NOT COMPANY KNOWS, HAS REASON TO KNOW, HAS BEEN ADVISED OR IS OTHERWISE IN FACT AWARE OF ANY SUCH PURPOSE), IN EACH INSTANCE IN RESPECT OF THE SITE. FURTHERMORE, COMPANY, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ALL OF ITS CONTENT PROVIDERS, AGENTS AND THE LIKE, HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OF TITLE AND/OR NON-INFRINGEMENT IN RESPECT TO THE SITE.

6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
COMPANY and all of its content providers, agents and the like, in each instance, will not be liable for (a) any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential and/or special damages arising out of your use of, or inability to use, the Site, and you hereby waive any claims with respect thereto, whether based on contractual, tort or other grounds, even if COMPANY has been advised of the possibility of such damages and/or (b) damages or injury caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, alteration of or use of any file, in each instance whether for breach of contract, tortious behavior, negligence or under any other cause of action. For further clarity, in all events, COMPANY and all of its content providers, agents and the like shall not be liable for the defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of other users of the Internet. Some jurisdictions do not allow implied warranties to be excluded or modified or liability to be limited, so not all of the above limitations may apply to you.

The provisions of this Section 7 and Section 6 above represent a reasonable allocation of the risks under this Agreement. COMPANY's willingness to allow you to use the Site reflects this allocation of risk and the limitations of liability specified herein.

7. INDEMNIFICATION.
You agree to indemnify COMPANY and all of its content providers, agents and the like, in each instance from and against any and all claims, suits, liabilities, expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees) and/or damages arising out of claims based upon use your use of the Site including, without limitation, any claim of libel, defamation, violation of legal rights of others (including rights of privacy or publicity), loss of service by other subscribers and/or infringement of intellectual property or other rights.

8. LINKS.
The Site may contain links to websites operated by parties other than COMPANY. Such links are provided for your reference only. COMPANY does not control such websites and is not responsible for their contents. COMPANY makes no representation or warranty regarding any other websites or the contents or materials on such websites. The Site's inclusion of links to other websites does not imply COMPANY's endorsement of the material on the websites or any association with their operators. Any concerns regarding any such service or resource, or any link thereto, should be directed to the particular service or resource.

9. GOVERNING LAW.
This Agreement and its performance shall be governed by the laws of the state of Missouri, United States of America, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in St. Louis County, the state of Missouri, United States of America, in all questions and controversies arising out of your use of this Site and this Agreement.

10. NO WAIVER.
The failure of either party to insist upon or enforce strict performance by the other party of any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Neither the course of conduct between you and COMPANY nor the trade practice shall modify any provision of these Terms and Conditions.

13. SEVERABILITY.
These terms and conditions shall be deemed severable. In the event that any provision is determined to be unenforceable or invalid, such provision shall nonetheless be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and such determination shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any other remaining provisions.

15. ENTIRE AGREEMENT.
These terms and conditions, together with those incorporated herein or referred to herein, constitute the entire agreement between us relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior understandings or agreements (whether oral or written) regarding the subject matter and may not be amended or modified except in writing or by making such amendments or modifications available on this site.